Recent Homeschool Blog | Math Activities PostsWhat Do You Do with a Child Who is Good at Math?by Andrea Hermitt01 Oct 2009 07:17 AMCreative Commons immage by D3 Dan/ Flickr Spellers have the spelling be. Budding scientists have science fairs and competitions. Student Geographers have geography bees. Tips to Build 'Number Sense' in Your Childrenby Valorie Delp23 Jan 2008 09:12 AMWhat is number sense and why would you want to build it? Number sense refers to the general understanding of numbers. Kids (or adults for that matter) who have good number sense see patterns and relationshps in numbers easily. Kids who struggle with math probably have poor number sense as well. 5 Tricks to Get Your Kids to Memorize Math Factsby Valorie Delp14 Jan 2008 03:37 PMI have written before about my son who is intuitively "smart" in all things math and science. He is the type of kid who frankly, doesn't need to memorize his math facts. He just 'gets it' and the extra reinforcement isn't necessary. The Lemonade Standby Valorie Delp11 Sep 2007 03:17 AMYesterday, my children (along with a buddy) did their very first lemonade stand. I realize that lemonade is just about to go out of season but really, we had been meaning to do it all summer and just never got to it. For the Love of Mathby Valorie Delp30 Jan 2007 12:14 PMRecently, someone posed a question in the forums about how to instill a love of math in your child. I have to start out by saying that I'm not sure every kid will love math. I think some families have a certain affection for numbers while others don't. Recent Blog Comments CrystalDS says... "I think some homeschoolers are taking advantage of the system." soccert13 says... "Being a student of homeschooling from Kindergarten to my Junior year in high school, i agree ONE HUNDRED PERCENT with this article." |
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